Per Bak

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Per Bak was a Danish theoretical physicist best known for developing the concept of self-organized criticality, which explains how complex systems naturally evolve to critical states.

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instanceOf Danish person
human
theoretical physicist
authorOf How Nature Works: The Science of Self-Organized Criticality
coAuthorWith Chao Tang
Kurt Wiesenfeld
coDeveloperOf Bak–Tang–Wiesenfeld sandpile model
countryOfBirth Denmark
countryOfCitizenship Denmark
dateOfBirth 1948-12-08
dateOfDeath 2002-10-16
developedConcept self-organized criticality
educatedAt Technical University of Denmark
employer Brookhaven National Laboratory
Imperial College London
Niels Bohr Institute
Nordita
familyName Bak
fieldOfWork complex systems
condensed matter physics
nonlinear dynamics
statistical physics
theoretical physics
gender male
givenName Per
hasAcademicSpecialization critical phenomena
fractal structures in nature
phase transitions
influenced complexity science
earthquake modeling
theoretical biology
theory of 1⁄f noise
knownFor applications of self-organized criticality to 1⁄f noise
applications of self-organized criticality to biological evolution
applications of self-organized criticality to earthquakes
sandpile model
self-organized criticality
languageOfWorkOrName Danish
English
name Per Bak
nationality Danish
notableWork How Nature Works: The Science of Self-Organized Criticality
placeOfBirth Roskilde
placeOfDeath Copenhagen
positionHeld professor

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